Wall Street Journal: Bill to Speed Teacher Firings NY1: Mayor, Schools Chancellor Propose State Reforms To Teacher Discipline Boston Globe: Newton to tighten background checks after arrests of two employees on child porn charges Sex abuse, male perps: Richard Earl Teller, substitute teacher & football coach at Brentsville High School, Brentsville, Virginia, "inappropriate communications with a female student" http://washingtonexaminer.com/local...ged-over-inappropriate-contact-student/666721 http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/2...oach-Arrested-For-Relationship-With-A-Student http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...ropriate-Messages-With-Student-155805625.html http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/186588...nty-substitute-teacher-richard-teller-charged http://www.wset.com/story/18653723/prince-william-county-teacher-charged Christopher Matthews, art teacher at Central High School, Phenix City, Alabama, "accused of sending an inappropriate love letter to a student" http://www.wltz.com/story/18649862/...accused-of-sending-student-inappropriate-note http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/05/30/2066886/police-central-phenix-city-teacher.html http://www.wave3.com/story/18648337...cher-wrote-inappropriate-love-note-to-student http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2012/05/43-year-old_art_teacher_passes.html http://www.wsfa.com/story/18648337/...cher-wrote-inappropriate-love-note-to-student Jeff Loveless Harris, history & alternative education teacher and football coach at Foyil High School, Foyil, Oklahoma, "faces three counts of lewd molestation of a minor" http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/...-of-sex-acts-with/wX9Eg__Z0EKfDXoJEAyqIQ.cspx http://www.news9.com/story/18648934/foyil-teacher-arrested-for-sex-crimes http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/foyil-schools-employee-charged-with-sex-acts http://www.ktul.com/story/18707548/foyil-school-employee-charged-with-lewd-molestation Non-sex stuff: Charles Allman, literature & humanities & history teacher at Maricopa High School, Maricopa, Arizona, "charges of marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia" http://trivalleycentral.com/article...tor/top_stories/doc4fc504513ca41055922496.txt http://trivalleycentral.com/article...tor/top_stories/doc4fdb7883e27ab595760028.txt Eric Kirchmann, English teacher at Analy High School, Sebastopol, California, "on administrative leave after he was arrested twice in May on suspicion of alcohol-related violations" http://www.pressdemocrat.com/articl...laced-on-leave-plans-to-fight-alcohol-charges Updates: Update: Deborah Lee Tipton, hearing postponed http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20120529/ARTICLES/120529782